Wednesdays

I should be grading papers right now- but really, who wants to come home and read 7th grade papers? Honestly not me.....why did I choose this profession? Someone remind me please?

eh hem-You picked this career because every day when the silent girl comes up to you and points at the bookshelf you stare at her until she finally says "books" yes, "I need another one"
Halleluja yes you may have another one!
And when you read that 7th grader who's boy crazy and silly and talks about all the "smokin' hot boys wakeboarding" in the world she's created for herself.
And when your students say "Thank's Mrs. Otto- that was a really fun class!" and you believe them, because it was fun! Even if your throat hurts so bad from speaking and the desks are in disarray from being moved here and there for who knows why.
And when your'e leading a guided imagery and all your 9th graders start swinging their legs to the beat of 'outside sounds of the forest' playing over the speaker.
And mostly because being with 7th and 9th graders makes you feel like you too are a 7th or 9th grader- and that feels great, fun, hilarious, devastating and dramatic all at the same time.

So then you go home and after doing the dishes for you, your husband decides you need to go on a date to the halloween store.

 It turns out, the two of us really do still act like 7th and 9th graders in real life.......

This is why I married this guy.